Quotes About Entertainment

I don't think I could write a straight drama.

I come from straight theater.

If you watch 'SNL,' any time there's this thing with everyone singing, I'm, like, the one person who just has a straight line of dialogue because I can't sing to save my life.

I began working on stage in Atlanta when I was 3, doing a dance act with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. Later I became a juvenile straight man for the older comedians. After that I worked out a stand-up act.

If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny about it. The idea of the straight man is very important. But I'd rather it be somebody else, because it's not as fun.

Drag shows are one of my favorite things in the world. As a straight man I love going to gay bars. People at gay bars just love to dance.

The straight man has the best part. He gets to be in the show and see it, too.

One of my favorite comedy performances of all time is Charles Grodin in 'Midnight Run,' and in a lot of things he's done. I think he's hilarious as the straight man, playing it real.

People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.

'Looking' was always a niche show for a niche within a niche. It's a gay-themed show, so you're not going to get millions of straight people watching it - that's the inevitability of it.

'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.

It was fun playing with those jumps and the flashbacks in 'Zombieland,' but I don't think you need it to make a good movie. It's fun to just do a more straightforward one.

I hope to continue doing TV, and I think that what I've learned on 'The Strain' will come in handy.

When I came into comedy in 2005, I didn't even know there was discrimination against musical comics in the alternative-comedy strain.

It is a strange enterprise to make respectable people laugh.

I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange.

I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.

I am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it's strange to be on stage and be someone else. I can't look at the audience during 'In the Heights' or I will start talking to them.

Strange thing, this television.

My manager called me and said, 'Hey, there's a series at Neflix.' I'm like, 'Netflix? Oh, boy.' At that time, it was just a strange thing to hear. It's like going, 'There's a series at Blockbuster.'

It is a strange thing that true crime has now got entertainment value. I don't know why people love shows about crime so much.

I love Hugh Laurie, but I don't want to be a guy who goes to work every day for nine months of the year in a corner of Burbank. I really don't. I like doing a bit here and a bit there and strange things, and I think that's held me back.

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

Bollywood is a strange world.